interested in latvia. our country's much too small. and we don't have any mineral resources. i'm hoping there won't be any fighting like in the crimea or eastern ukraine. i just want to live in peace and raise my boy. >> even at peacetime he is separated from his song for long peesheds. he can't support his family so every two months he heads off to france to drive a taxi. >> we could breed pigs here like in the old days and sell them to russia. it's an enormous market virtually limitless. we could sell anything there. having russia as our neighbor is a huge plus. >> his friend from the national guard runs a motel on the highway to russia. >> it's family-owned and does good business with truck drivers from russia. so he has no interest whatsoever in either military conflict or economic sanctions against moscow. >> the highway is like a life line for us. the trucks carry the bulk of our goods into russia. any military action would put a stop to all that. it would not only hurt my business. but all the busin

is another meeting with in new views, but when the president says he will stand with the people of latvia, it is huge. the republican there is very young. >> and michael bish loshkechael beschloss, you can't talk about the president, because it is too new? >> right. i can't speak to anything after 1944. >> what is the most comfortable part of growing up in the cold war and i had my own parents and grandparents say it this way, that the only odd part of this cold war was the commemorations that the reminders, particularly to the soviet leaders of the carnage that they were going to experience and repeat and you had the feeling that there was going to be too many personal reminders of how badly things have gotten since the cold war, and do you feel that putin does not in particular have enough memory of the history. >> that is a brilliant point, and that is one of the things that history does, because if you remember of the close-run thing this was for everyone in 1944/1945, then, the russians, the americans and e everyone else should work harder to preserve all of this and you know the int

latvia will never stand alone. wlill never stand alone.hese are not just words, these are commitments. >> in addition to that show of support, president obama's speech was really an ode to poland and its democracy. >> absolutely. barack obama came to join poland and celebrating with the mayor of warsaw said was the regaining of independence, with elections and solidarity of the opposition movement that was one in 1979 -- won in 1979 and solidarity it was the key to all of the speeches, solidarity among the members of nato and barack obama said article five of the treaty, a establishing nato, an attack on one is an attack on all. there was a lot of talk about the need for solidarity in the ukraine. barack obama compared ukrainians and their fight to bring down theyanukovich regime to movement to bring down communism and calls for solidarity among any people, that is what freedom -- the ukraine is not a member of nato and has no intention of joining nato in the near future. but they do express solidarity with ukraine to defend ukrainian demo

latvia will never stand alone. lithuania will never stand alone, romania will never stand alone. these are not just words. they're unbreakable commitments. backed by the strongest alliance in the world and the armed forces of the united states of america, the most powerful military in history. and you see our commitment today. in nato aircraft in the skies of the baltics, in allied ships patrolling the black sea, in the stepped up exercises where our forces train together, and in our increased and enduring american presence here on polish soil. we do these things not to threaten any nation, but to defend the security and territory of ourselves and our friends. and yesterday, i announced a new initiative to bolster the security of ournate oh allies and increase america's military presence in europe, and with the support of congress, this will mean more prepositioned equipment to respond quickly in a crisis and more exercises and training to keep our forces ready, additional u.s. forces in the air and sea and on land, including here in poland, and it will mean increased support to

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was it even a mistake for germany to be supportive of the expansion of nato into poland lithuania latvia and estonia and and my understanding is that back when the soviet union came on glued that george herbert walker bush and president gorbachev these two. that they had an agreement that there would be no expansion of nato into lithuania latvia estonia poland or ukraine and that that agreement was broken by the clinton ministration i have that right and you have there were ok and then i had also if i could just drop dump one more thing in here as an american who was alive during the cuban missile crisis and i remember it vividly and anybody who hasn't should see the movie that was made about it a couple of years ago we were willing to go to a world wide nuclear war over the soviet union putting missiles ninety miles off our border ukraine is or ukraine excuse me is right on the russian border how can americans not understand how russia would respond to our putting missiles on their border. i mean the analogy often given is that if russia had an international military alliance and canada

and the war games stat where that just took place in history in europe like the most recent ones in latvia so do you think those are aiming at intimidating russia it's out there so goal. you know. i've thought about why this intimidation of russia is going on and i think it is it is partly historical. the soviet union was deeply resented just for existing because it was getting in the way of an enormous part of the world that the united states and its western allies had previously had a great deal to do with and he spoilt it and wanted to do that again. and i think there is a will most in a story call unfinished sense of unfinished business. there is no question that. u.s. foreign policy finds its opponents already them is in those governments that effect any form of independence. that is that is a rule look runs right through it now the russian government is independent. it's a it's a very powerful and very important independent government and there's a history between russia and the united states you can never underestimate this history where do you saying the united states european alli

. >> if they went two miles into latvia, you would go to war with them? >> that is hypothetical. the bigger point is that article five of the treaty is very clear. natoy of those members of are violated, invaded, then all of nato, all of the 27 other members have a responsibility to come to the defense of our partners. >> americans would be thinking -- americans are justified in wondering why would we be ponying up the money. >> this has been an issue for many years. we have seen declining defense budgets in europe. it is a concern that we have, the united states. the british have it. the secretary was as vocal on this point as anyone minister. all of the members of nato will have to step up and do more. >> but, they are not doing it. germany is spending 1.3% of its gdp on defense. if the threat does not make nato members think they need to spend more money, what will? of winstonords churchill, the jarring gong of reality, he was talking about world war ii. there has been a jarring gong in europe. >> you could see a pickup in defense spending. >> i think we will see a trend back

latvia will never stand alone. lithuania will never stand alone. romania will never stand alone. these are not just words. they are an unbreakable commitment. back by the strongest alliance in the world and the armed forces of the united states of america, the most powerful military in history. you see our commitment today. new aircraft in the skies of the baltics -- nato aircraft in the skies of the baltics, allied ships patrolling the black sea. in the stepped-up exercises where our forces moved together, presenceour increased here on polish soil. we do these things not to threaten any nation but to defend the security and ourselves and our friends. yesterday i announced a new initiative to bolster the security of our nato allies and increase america's military presence in europe, and this will mean more equipment to respond quickly in a crisis and more exercises and training to keep our forces ready. in thenal u.s. forces air and the sea and on land, including here in poland. it will mean increased support to help friends like ukraine and moldova and georgia to provide for the

know i don't want to divert the way from ukraine but look every year in the in the boat expects of latvia and estonia that all what they are waffen s.s. veteran parades who in washington or brussels has ever condemned those parades what would happen if it happened in london or berlin there'd be outcry and rightly so and in ukraine you have people in the ukrainian government referring to russians as subhumans that's completely unacceptable it's appalling and yet there's no condemnation because these people in kiev making these comments are the tools of the west they're the tools of the west to bring ukraine away from russia and thereby weaken russian influence in europe and in the world automatically you know john i don't know if you saw a gent sakis comments about those comments and i was just left completely speech was i maybe you don't have a comment and you were left speak with the speech was as well go ahead. i actually spoke to the monitor when i saw it. at the daily news i think you did thank you delivering a press conference. yeah and you know so she said it was inhuman instead of

not cisterna horror latvia but ukraine is a major challenge to that arrangement that exist in russia because of a good half of ukraine speaks the question. in terms of many elements with the political culture and proa democratic activists to save the middle-class has the ability to mobilize without the support from the e.u. it could be a real domestic threat to the regime of moscow or belarus in a different group. looking as say a possible potential one with politics with success fall countries to become democratic sometimes for not a good reason at all and that is the message sent to the domestic audience. >> tavis going to ask a question about the of gorbachev's legacy but now i want to talk about putin is like is a. with the next decade rare juicy his policies and him and recently as an economic coup with china with gas and real? and commodities going both ways? thank you. >> let me predict the future [laughter] so that these times i was wrong that i decided it is a blessing i am paid as a historian. [laughter] because i've led the broke. but the way the guys understand putin look

in poland, in china, and hungary, estonia, latvia, lithuania. and i have never been more proud to be an american or a member of the house of representatives than at this moment when we stand on the side of liberty and freedom and say that as we look to the next decade and as we look to the soviet union and the communist governments around the globe and see the desire of the human spirit to be free, the confrontation is now coming. will he be allowed to express themselves in the manner in which god created men and women to live freely? or will they be crushed by the guns of tyranny as we have seen in the revolution of 1917, as we saw in 1945, and hungary in 1956, or czechoslovakia in 1968. >> i yield the gentleman an additional minute. >> i believe over the next 10 years we will see precisely this confrontation. we will see the desire of human spirits to be free, to have democracy, to be able to speak and assemble freely, and we will see the tired iron boot of communism try to prevent it. i believe the march of history is on the side of freedom a

no context we had this images from peter greste's laptop of his parents on holiday in germany and latviathen finally an interview with the muslim brotherhood. but the court also showed the other reports about sheep herding and football. and finally this, a pop video recented to the court. just what this is meant to prove, who knows. throughout the hearings there was simply no credible evidence on hand. unfortunately it's that very evidence which has left our three colleagues behind bars, and the world asking for what? >>> up next, not just egypt, the other countries where journalists are being locked up simply for trying to hold government accountable. as our special report, war on truth, continues. ♪ >> announcer: an al jazeera special report, war on truth. >>> welcome back to our special report. it has been a very difficult day to the families of the journalists sentenced to years in prison simply for reporting the facts. >> this is a very dark time, not only for our family, but for journalism, generally. we are devastated, shocked, and dismaid at this finding. we're not usually a fami

those are of his parents on holiday in germany and in latvia. some al jazeera footage was shown, from if the muslim brotherhood, a group of course now backed. but the court also showed greste's other reports about sheep herding and football and finally this. it ask a pop video by the sing are songwriter gotio, just what this is meant to prove, who knows. throughout the hearings there was simply no credible evidence on hand. unfortunately it's that very evidence which has left our colleagues behind bars and the world asking, for what? >> a chilling and draconian sentence, those words from u.s. secretary of state john kerry are part of a wave of international criticism. the u.n. warned that miscarriage of justice risks becoming the norm in egypt. barnaby phillips reports. >> all over the world, the condemnation, from far and wide. >> we are deeply dismayed by the fact that a sentence has been imposed and we are apawme appaly the severity of it. it is hard to credit that the court in this case could have reached this conclusion. >> on sunday, the u

and fighters are patrolling the skies over the border, not only in poland, but the baltic states, latvia and estonia. a great concern, and a lot of people see the potential of the same sort of thing that happened in ukraine, and georgia and moldova, they're nervous here, and the polish president said there's a long and bloody history of russia in this part of the world, and they want to see a firmer stance, regardless of the hardware. in addition to the f-16s t. there have been paratroopers deployed from the united states, and other steps taken on a larger scale. poland wants to go farther thanna, and they want to see permanent bases on their soil. and it's turning out and shaping out to be a pivotal nato summit in wales come this fall. but the president is git be meeting in warsaw with petro shenko, the president of the ukraine, and then off to the g-7, to talk about what can be done to try to whip those europeans in line, to try to keep a firm line, even as valid vad makes gestures and overtures to settling this thing, the suspect that it's to drive a wedge between the europeans to san

had these images from peter greste's laptop those are of his parents on to the day in germany and latvia. some al jazeera footage was shown, routine interviews from the muslim brotherhood. a group of course now banned. but the court also showed greste's other reports about sheep herding. and this, a video from singer songwriter, who knows what this is meant to prove. but what amnesty international said, no credible evidence on hand. unfortunately it is that very evidence which has left our three colleagues behind bars and the world asking: for what? >>> in baghdad today u.s. secretary of state john kerry said this is a critical moment for iraq's future. kerry is in the capital, the country's capitol to meet with iraq's bitterly divide he leaders as islamic state of iraq and the levant continue their offensive towards baghdad. al jazeera's mike viqueria is in washington. tell us about his trip? >> reporter: it was a strong show of support on the one hand, david you're right but john kerry was trying to put pressure on the maliki government and those inside iraq in baghdad to reform their

context we had images from peter greste's laptop those are of his parents on holiday in germany and in latvia. finally, some al jazeera footage was shown, interviews from the muslim brotherhood, a group that is banned. but about sheet herding and football and a pop video from a bell january sing are songwriter. just what this is meant to prove who knows. throughout the hearings there was simply no credible evidence on hand. unfortunately it is that very evidence which has left our three colleagues behind bars and the world asking, for what? >> up next, not just egypt, the other countries where journalists are being locked up simply for trying to hold governments accountable. as our special report, war on truth, continues. >> an al jazeera special report. war on truth. >> welcome back to our special report. it has been a very difficult day for the families of the journalists sentenced to years in prison simply for reporting the facts. not long ago peter greste's parents spoke to reporters at a tuesday morning news conference in australia. >> this is a very dark time not only for our family but

presence in the courtroom with ambassadors from canada, from australia to from the netherlands, and latvia. both the canadian and australian ambassador said none of the evidence provided in the trial -- they did not understand how the judge came to this verdict. we will have to see what happens going forward. we have -- they have the right to appeal. president sisi has the right to pardon them or provide amnesty. as you mentioned, this came a day after john kerry, the secretary of state, visited or the first time in a high-level meeting between secretary of state and the newly and operated president, and you voice what appeared to be strong u.s. support for egypt, for the state government, saying the aid will be brought back to its previous levels, that he is confident 10 apache helicopters will be delivered to egypt soon. then the next day we have this really abominable verdict come down. we will have to see how the state department response. >> i was watching one of the al jazeera reporters has been sentenced in absentia come in the al jazeera studios in doha earlier today, saying whilst

is standing side by side with all nato countries in europe including the likes of poland latvia and if you weigh in here he says that american military presence in the baltic states in the black sea is a sign of america's commitment to those countries but he also spoke of support for non nato members within europe the likes of ukraine and georgia obama as you say is now heading to brussels for the start of the g seven it's a whistle stop tour of europe three countries in three days but it did appear at one stage as if all that traveling might be getting the better of the u.s. president as he appeared to doze off during a speech by his up polish counterpart now if we can put that down to jet lag then it's not exactly clear what the excuse is that the polish president has for doing exactly the same during president obama's speech now of course the g. seven which starts later on wednesday evening was initially meant to be the g. eight it was meant to be held in such a but out of it was council that was turned to the g. seven when russia was sidelined from the summit and just twenty four h

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but in the middle of the crisis, the euro zone expanded, they brought latvia into the euro zone. >> do you see some kind of mutualized european debt, euro bond in the next five years or not? >> well, i very well understand that germany went out and were not willing to do that for sovereign countries. for me, i always said to my french counterparts, suggesting to make that as a discussion point. germany has a large part of what it could expect. it's not perfect and i support what i said previously. but at one moment of time in the future, the question will be raised again, and at that moment, it will be more difficult for germany to say we definitely don't want even in a better fiscal frame work to be integrated in this sort of euro bond market. >> the germans in the beginning were reluctant to save the full complexity of the euro zone crisis, have done their own work much better than the french, and just on that point, i remember that the first proposal we got the euro bond scheme came from germany. so i think that sometimes in the visible future, this could come back to the table. >>

i speak specifically of estonia and latvia. america has committed its presence there.i would think it would be very productive if in addition to america, some leading european states, notably germany, france and great britain, deployed some symbolic forces in these three countries so that they are there, and not just americans. on a regular basis, on a regular basis. so that this would reaffirm the fact that nato stands in the context of this problem together. in international politics, symbolism is as important as decisiveness, and symbolism can overt the necessity for extreme measures. given the current consequences of the very massive expansion of nato in the last several decades, the 28th members, it might also be appropriate in the light of the ongoing experience that we're in the process of assimilating to take another look at the structure of nato itself. i have in mind particularly a review of the historical paradox involved, and it's not much mentioned but potentially very important article v. article v is the article which provides for the procedure that the

. >> it includes bangladesh, indonesia, latvia, liberia, lithuania, united kingdom, of course.on's wellesley friends have been waiting since graduation. >> my parents said to me, if there is ever a reunion is there going to be a woman president? >> i hope so. >> i didn't say hope so. >> yes or no? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> you're thinking maybe? >> i'm thinking she has a lot to think about. >> if not you, who? who is the viable woman of either party who could win a primary nomination in 2016 if not you? >> well, i think there are a number of qualified women. >> i'm not saying qualified. >> but politics is so unpredictable, whoever runs has to recognize that the american political system is probably the most difficult, even brutal, in the world. >> here is why i think you're going to run. you quote a poem -- >> i do. >> in that teach. t.s. elliott "throws only the trying again and again and again to win again what we've lost before." that 21-year-old girl you were will not take no for an answer, my prediction. >> we'll see, jane. there's a lot of food for thought in tha

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and if he were to try against the baltic states, particularly latvia, for example, what he's doing against ukraine, and call into question the article 5 guarantee of nato, that is really an effort to split nato. and it's very interesting that he has been currying favor with the extremist parties in europe of both the right and the left that did so well in the european parliamentary election. those parties are all unified by one thing and one thing only, they don't like the eu. so, in some sense, if you're putin, you're playing an interesting hand, you know. you can take advantage of these opportunities, disarray, as occurred in kiev. and how far he goes depends on how well he does and how much resistance he gets. but the stakes are very high. the stakes really are about the kind of europe we're going to have in the future, whether it's going to be a europe whole, free and at peace, based on our values, or is it going to be a russian-centric europe with a kind of regime that putin is imposing in russia? because it's interesting, and i'll stop, it's interesting that his activities in ukraine

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they brought latvia into the euro zone and we now have lithuania coming into the zone that looks likelyto be successful. so i very much hope that the momentum for integration, within the eurozone itself are the greater european union, will continue. thank you. >> do you see some kind of mutualized european debt in the next five years? >> i very well understand that germany did not want anything about eurozone. germany went out the [indiscernible] they were not willing to do the same with other sovereign countries. i always said to my french counterparts, but suggesting to make that as a discussion point. now, germany -- it could have expected in order to improve the fiscal governance of eurozone. it is not perfect, and in particular i support about the differentiation of targets between countries. [indiscernible] at one moment in time in the future, the question will be raised again, and at that moment of time, the question of the eurozone will be raised again, and at that moment it will be difficult for germany to say we definitely do not want even in a better fiscal framework to be in

they brought latvia into the we now have the window coming into the zone that looks likely to be successfulso i very much hope that the momentum for integration, within the eurozone itself are the greater european union, will continue. thank you. >> do you see some kind of neutralized -- mutuallized european debt in the next five years? >> i very well understand that germany did not want anything about eurozones. germany went out the [indiscernible] they were not willing to do the same with other sovereign countries. i always said to my french , but suggesting to make that as a discussion point. -- it could have thected in order to improve fiscal governance of eurozone. it is not perfect, and in particular i support about the differentiation of targets between countries. [indiscernible] at one moment in time in the future, the question will be raised again, and at that moment of time, the question of the eurozone will be raised again, and at that moment it will be difficult for germany to say we definitely do not want even in a better fiscal framework to be integrated in this sort of rezat,

more difficult but let's not forget the middle of the crisis, the euro zone expanded, they brought latvia in to the euro zone, lithuanians coming into the zone, looks like it would be successful. i very much hope the momentum for integration, the euro zone itself or the greater european union will continue. >> some kind of mutual european debt eurobond in the next five years or not? >> to understand germany didn't do anything about euro belts. germany went out of the story of rescuing the german democracy -- they are not willing to do the same. i said to my french counterparts, and the discretion -- germany in my view -- a large part of the totality could expect. and to improve the euro zone. and different allocation of fiscal targets. and different countries. and in the future, the question will be raised again and that that moment of time, and it would be more difficult for germany to say we definitely don't want even in better fiscal framework to be in this bond market but through the help of what we suggested the creation of the unified and liquid market in europe. and only for one re

i speak specifically of estonia and latvia. america has committed its presence there. i would think it would be very productive if, in addition to america, some leading european states, notably germany, france and great britain, deployed some basis. on a regular basis. so that this would reaffirm the fact that nato stands, in the context of this problem, together. in international politics, symbolism is as important as decisiveness. and symbolism can avert the necessity for extreme measures. given the current consequences of the very massive expansion of nato in the last several decades to 28 members, it might be also appropriate in the light of the ongoing experience that we are in the process of assimilating to take another look at the structure of nato itself. and i have in mind particularly a review of the historical paradox involved, and it's not much mentioned, but potentially very important article 5. article 5 is the article which provides for the procedure that the alliance follows in undertaking a military response to an aggression directed at it in general o